CPI(ML) Red Star On Conviction of Saibaba and Five Others

WE condemn the conviction of Delhi University professor GN Saibaba and five others under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for ‘waging war’ against India and for their alleged Maoist links, and sentencing all but one to life imprisonment. While we have basic differences with the CPI(Maoist) on its political line, we are of the view that it is a political organization and just allegiance to it cannot be considered as ‘waging war against the state’. We demand that imposition of UAPA like black laws against political activists should be ended, irrespective of their ideological political positions. We demand retrial of Saibaba and other convicted, repealing the UAPA charges and giving bail to them